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Deck concept breakdown

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Anatomy of a deck​

Deck​

A collection of Sections and Slides that make up a presentation.

Welcome slide​

Introduces the deck.

  • Compulsory
  • Cannot be turned off
  • Cannot be sorted
  • Cannot contain subslides

Section​

A group of slides with a shared topic/subject.

Title slide​

Introduces a section.

  • Each section must include a title slide design
  • Can be turned off
  • Cannot contain subslides

Slide​

Discusses a single topic using copy, graphs, illustrations, animations and user interactions.

  • Can only be sorted within their allocated section

Subslide​

Allows the user to drill further down into a topic.

Overlay​

Auxiliary information that adds to a slide’s content but is too detailed to fit in the layout.

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Overlays can be included in PDFs if required.

Footnotes​

Used for information such as sources and disclaimers, footnotes commonly present themselves as a toggle, that when activated expands to display its contents in a strip along the bottom of the slide.

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Footnote contents are always displayed in PDFs.